Modular Neural Networks
A modular neural network is a neural network characterized by a series of independent neural networks moderated by some intermediary. Each independent neural network serves as a module and operates on separate inputs to accomplish some subtask of the task the network hopes to perform. The intermediary takes the outputs of each module and processes them to produce the output of the network as a whole. The intermediary only accepts the modules’ outputs—it does not respond to, nor otherwise signal, the modules. As well, the modules do not interact with each other.
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